Okay, so in Secret Invasion, a number of the Marvel heroes have been replaced by Skrulls. (I'm pretty sure this isn't a spoiler for anyone. :))
What I've been wondering is whether they've been killing the originals or keeping them alive/imprisoned.
I'd prefer them to be alive (with perhaps an exception or two :)), but why would the Skrulls do that if they didn't have to? It increases the risk of discovery, if the original should escape, but mainly it would seem to be beside the point to keep them around.
They don't seem to need the original alive to maintain their perfect illusion (no "psychic connection" or anything like that, which would make an excuse for keeping them alive). Possibly they need the original as a template to work from, so in that case it might be advantageous to keep them around in case something happens to one Skrull duplicate and they want to make another.
I suppose that's something else that'll be revealed eventually.
(On a separate note, I've been typing away in Blogger here, and kept wondering just why the word "Skrull" kept getting underlined in red. What, it's a perfectly normal word, why wouldn't Blogger recognize it...oh, yeah...*headsmack*)
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I've rather wondered about that myself. Why WOULD they keep the originals around? On the other hand, I really can't see Marvel killing off half of its characters, so I'm sure that somehow there will be an explanation.
Magic. Oh, and Mephisto.
What's been bugging me most about this whole thing is the NAME. This has gotta be the most UNsecret "secret" invasion EVER. Ho hum!
Realistically, some of them have to be alive. Marvel is not about to kill off Sue Richards. (There's even an in-story reason: we see who replaced Sue in Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four, and that particular Skrull wouldn't have been willing to kill her.)
Of course, some of the victims are probably dead. And no matter what anybody says, I hope Hank Pym isn't one of them. A cornerstone Marvel hero deserves better.
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